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Mecca · Rome · Strait of Hormuz · Washington · Yemen
7 August 2026
5 events recorded (2 confirmed), and 0 statements counted apart.
7 August 2026 in brief
Yemen's army said 17 soldiers and an officer were killed and several others injured in a Houthi assault with ballistic missiles and drones. [1] ADNOC said 15 of its vessels had been targeted by missiles and drones in the Strait of Hormuz since the war began, three of them that week, and that the attacks had killed one crew member and injured 20. [1] The US Treasury sanctioned seven entities and five individuals in networks it said move money for Iran's oil exports and sanctions evasion. [1] Saudi Arabia, Turkey and Pakistan signed the Makkah Joint Defence Agreement, under which an attack on one is treated as an attack on all three. [1] Lebanese and Israeli officials meeting in Rome agreed a shortlist of countries that could send troops to verify Hezbollah's disarmament, but reached no agreement on the next area of Israeli withdrawal. [1]
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$87.62
Brent crude, per barrel
+23% on the average of the 30 days before the war ($70.95).
7 Aug · US Energy Information Administration
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